Mycotic pseudoaneurysm and purulent pericarditis attributable to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Mil Med. 2006 Aug;171(8):784-7. doi: 10.7205/milmed.171.8.784.

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is now a common isolate of community-acquired staphylococcal infections. We present the first case of concomitant mycotic pseudoaneurysm and purulent pericarditis caused by methicillin-resistant S. aureus. The isolate was found to be SCCmec type I, sequence type 8, and to carry the PVL gene. The patient was successfully treated with a combined surgical and medical approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta / microbiology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis*
  • Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Treatment Outcome